Ole Miss and Cal Berkeley will play a home-and-home series in football for the 2017 and 2019 seasons, ESPN and both universities announced Thursday.
It will be the first time in history that the Ole Miss football program will face a school in the PAC 12 conference. It will also be the westernmost trip the Rebels have ever made, surpassing the 2011 game in Fresno, California against Fresno State.
The Rebels will make the 2,150-mile visit to Berkeley, California on Sept. 16, 2017. The Golden Bears will then visit Oxford two years later on Sept. 21, 2019.
Cal went 5-7 overall last year and 3-6 in PAC 12 play. The three wins in conference play for Cal came against Colorado in double overtime, Washington State and Oregon State.
Other “power five” opponents in the future for the Rebels include Florida State (2016), Georgia Tech (2022, 2023), and Wake Forest (2024, 2025).
